River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-21
INTERSTATE COMMERCE..

INTERSTATE COMMERCE..
A Large and Enthusiastic Meeting Held at
FarIhauIt to secure the enforcement Of
the Law
In response 10 a call issued by the
Farihault Board Of Trade, delegates
from 4 large nu",ber Of towns ia diff
frreut parts of the state assembled in
that city on Tuesday evening. the 9Th
inst Hon \. =. Keyes. Of Faribault.
delivered an address Of which the fol-
lowing Is a synopsis.
4 railroad corporation has two-fold
nature private and public In its owner
slap 90 property and in its division Of prof
Ir~ among Its stockholders IL Is purely
private body In the use Of its pro erty
It IS public In its character In short IL Is
private individual engaged ia a public
Puhilc service Railroad corporations We're
created for q public purpose and were CAV
en- extraordinary powers and privileges IL
order that they might serve the public.
2 he iaud grants received are equal % Ia
- square miles ug mOr- than New Hamp-
shire and Massachusetts contain The Nil
wausee road received more than twice
as murh land as Rice county contains.
IL has sold enough 20 amount % more
than half the assessed valuation OF Rice
county AMI stall has over 5000 acres left
z he government has the right 10 regulate
within certain Limitations the charges made
~ railroad corporations lor transportation
ILE~ tue state and national governments
Rave both recently attempted % do. The
evIi sought u be remesiiet Is unjust dis
elimination IN favor of persons and
localities. These Determinations IN favor
ut persons result i'm gigantic mauupniges-
q Pc ~r1ndard Oh company was ucur-
"a fHr
sl.sfFt it, accumulated wealth now
amounts 20 over a hundred millions. Its
rs'ates were ten millions i'm = hteen
That Is the testimony q A. J. Csssatt,
Wee president Of bic Pennsylvania Railway
company Irs rebates have been equal 10
isS profits The Determinations IN favor OF
II company on shipments over tine Lake
SA1rp road amount annually 10 S.stt0 q
lhe Cleveland a Marietta railroad was
placed IN tire hands of "a receiver 10y the
1 nIted ~tateSclrC'IIt court Complaint was
ft,alate- The Judge found that tine receiver
WAS charging independent shippers - cents
per barrel and the Standard oil company
in cents per barrel The receiver flied q
letter from the Oh company stating '-You
~tali make e uHiLnrFt rate 81 - cents per
barrel for ali persons excepting tine stan
ulrzI oil company You shall charge them
Heesf- per barrel for their OIL and also paw
them - cents per barrel uUt Of tie - cents
collected of other shippers
lI the receiver complied with this the oil
company agreed 20 give nina $50 % worth OF
t.sslueSs Der month. Tie accepted the prop
u~fflon and did business ON that basis until
DE was removed Icy the court rs this ar
raneemcnt the on company got It's OH ear
rieu tor nothing. and made - cents barrel
"n every harrel shipped by it, competitors
Passes A--D DENOMINATIONS
The rep IT Of tie Manitoba road TO the
s.nste committee last winter showed thar
from Jan to N,v- - ISL the average
passenger rate PEE mile -.3-9 cents: total
EuUtarT 81 uas~F uZeTs carried on passes
1888. miles Travelled on passes. II.isl.l55
Free mileage at the same rate would
sueuUt tJ S3H.iuJ for eleven months The
s4mmer freight rates from Chicago are
First Second Third Fourth
Glass. Glass Glass. Class
Cents Gents Cents. Cents
Tu -. Paui...--4U - 20 Is
I1 Earigault --1U - 40 ID
NJ freight on coal from Chicago 70 st
Paul Is - ton; 70 Faribault il j. - p
These rates prevent our merchants from en-
EEEiug Im tine wholesale trade. They iuiure
yne retail trade. People 90 to st Paul H.
t-iuSe they can buy at a less price and have
greater variety TO select from They
make the consumer pay an unnecessary
Irlre for their goods lie here gave the
freight rates ON wheat and flour, showing
ire aEiieTeuce m price DIT tEH pounds from
the different stations ca the Iowa and Min
Hesota division of the Chicago. Milwaukee
n 81 Paul railway IL q man living in
tarlh3uit ships wheat from Minneapolis to
Chicago the rates are &c Tor him.
II a man living in Minneapolis ships it the
ties are 81 for him. The freight on car
&c. ~ Of wheat corn oats. etc. from Mime
az his as Per tariff 'f Aug -. Is>G. to
az tnCaS Is -. per ]. H- EuUuHulL. 81 per ltN.
tEvatuuua, He per itU. Austin. I.is per 10.
lyIe, l5c per lun- Chicago. i.c per leo
These Determinations IN favor of terminal
points are not peculiar 70 Minnesota. The
freight ON fruit Jars from PItt~burg 10
Is frffrrf .affGf raff 70
Toledo through Pittsiurg 10 cents. !. . +.
pna-hu.f the price for double the distance
Freight from New York To San Francisco Is
$50 per car TO Reno 500 per car. Freight
cu hardware from Chicago To Portland Is
: ttf yer cafs tu Lincoln one hundred miles
rims sI,ie as Portland Is SIM 4 car load 81
freight from Omaha 90 san Francisco is
> 60. same ear from Omaha To Virginia I
City. - p. Virginia CITY Is SIX hundred /
mites this side III san Francisco.
Determinations IN favor OF localities build |
up terminal and competing points at the /
expense 0t intermediate and nDH-competing |
points Mere than three fagrtLs Of the IN
crease iu value uf real estate u Minnesota
since l>>u has been in Ramsey and Henne-
pm counties The object sought u be- at
tanned hy the Interstate commerce act Il /
lust equal tHi reasonable rates sc freight I
rpasaust L. returns for capital actually in
vested, equal charges for the same cost of /
s.E-ire The commission has no power To
TX rates II investigates sud recommends
II is recommendation are not needed, II
calls upou the courts t1 enforce the law.
The ucr prohibits a.. lH Just aHi UmT-aSou-
able charges for tine transportation 81
persons and property Here rLe opposition [
81 the railroads begin They wont u
cEar-- rates sufficient To puy reasIu4 hie I
dividends. Hut luiE on the stock which has
gone INTO tue construction and equipment 1
OF the roads. but ui-1 uu the warered stock /
which forms me- part Of tine cost of their
ruaos Ire people are willing Co paw rates
which VIII =. sufficient 10 enable them t.
q
est ct the roads and their equipments, and
ms more.
THE NORTHERN FArlrIo
has Sl9u4tUHt ~ vaterei stock Forty
seven million dollars ri that kind Of stock
were put into the New York Central a
Hudson River railroad ia I>a. 10y the
Vanderbilt management 4 PARTIAL syn
OpsIs ot she Interstate act was here given
showing fire method o. he adopted under ~ I
20 obtain redress from railroads Now
them can the iaw be enforced. and what
Viii be the resu.tt
Tbs. long and short haul law has been in
force i'm Massachusetts, since ISL The rail
road commissioners of that state say, IN
speaking ut this taW nm their report for
january l~~F- --Nu l1W iu Tins state Is more
thoroughly eulorred than this II is tTus
THAT Iu I~~1 10 was shown that "a railroad
company in this state was actIugln violation
~ tins ltw. tout upon securing tue opinion
uf the board that Ir was - Offending. the
4
90 conform To tle statute requirements and
this was duuc at the annual loss of S-i3.tHu.
Illegally eNtortst heretofore from their
customers Tile statute has remedied q
great evil anil "a great injustice
To has he'Ue1 tu save small Industries aud
small places from being crushed out Of ex-
istence u has checked the tendency To-
consolidation. which would build mp one
place or a few places az the cost Of local en-
terpTi>r. thus creating traffic for the rail-
roads hy giving occupation 70 their Gus
TONERS ana IL Is believed that any attempt
tu repeal this law would receive almost uni
vef-.I condemnation from the business men
Of Massachusetts, Judge Russell. chair
WAN 90 tine Mesa. tu~gtts board o. railroad
commissions wrote me under date Dee
D.. 1~>ti. as follows. 1.-The long and short
hau law has worked perfectly. The value
of real estate iu Massachusetts has increased
sine this Jaw has been In force thirty mil
hon dollars
IusSew York, where they have no long
and short haul law. the value of real
estate has Deprecated during the same
time S,l-ttteu.,NU. although the acreage OF
improved land has increased two million
acres The cause ot tins depreciation can
be imagined ROM the fact that "a railroad
company IN that state charges - cents To-
carry a tub uf butter l65 miles 20 New
York city. while &c charges only 80 cents 10